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  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Debt Is Slavery

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 1, 2024
     | 504 views

    Less is more and debt is less.

    Proverbs 22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. There are more people enslaved in the land of the free than we would like to admit. They are slaves to debt. Credit debt is way out of control and many families are one payday away from bankruptcy. If ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Secret Of Thankfulness Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Apr 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,002 views

    Contentment, strength in Christ, victory

    THE SECRET OF THANKFULNESS Phil 4:10-14 November 28, 2021 INTRODUCTION Every one of us has heard the statement….”The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” Wayne Smith says, “Yeah, but it’s still got to be mowed…and the great theologian Ron White says….”It’s because it ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Riots And Revival Series

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Oct 30, 2025
     | 59 views

    Riots and Revival

    Acts 19 v 23 - 34 Riots and Revival The Riot - 1. The Scene of the Riot - The Period - 23 And the same time Days of Visitation - 20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. Days of Vindication - 10 And this continued by the space of two years; Days of Validation - so that all ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    No Coveting Series

    Contributed by James Williams on Oct 13, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,819 views

    Covetousness amounts to idolatry. The covetous will not inherit the kingdom of God. And it's an epidemic in America. This study examines the cause, the clues, the consequences and the cure for covetousness.

    Let’s turn together in our Bibles to Exodus 20:17. If you’re visiting with us, we’ve been doing a series of studies on the 10 commandments that God spoke from heaven to the nation of Israel at Mt. Sinai. And this morning we’ve come to #10. A kid’s Sunday school class ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Core 52 Week 23 - The Cross Before Me Series

    Contributed by Lanny Smith on Jun 7, 2020
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     | 3,249 views

    Jesus turns our cultural ideas of "the good life" upside down by affirming a radical shift in our thinking and actions away from our own agenda and living for Him will bring us true happiness and contentment.

    You can listen to the audio of the sermon at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697261/4078034 Intro: • Yale course on happiness. Taken by over 2 million people. • Professor Laurie Santos - demand is a “bit surreal but understandable given that people are looking for evidenced-based ways of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What We Can Learn From Children About Thanksgiving Series

    Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Dec 15, 2016
     | 10,186 views

    Let us be like litle children in learning the real value of thanksgiving.

    WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM CHILDREN ABOUT THANKSGIVING Psalm 131 A song of ascents. Of David. 1 My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Jesus The Better Way: He Provides Better Possessions Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 12, 2013
     | 5,340 views

    This sermon is designed to challenge materialistic values and remind Christ’s followers that we have “better and lasting possessions.”

    JESUS THE BETTER WAY: JESUS PROVIDES BETTER POSSESSIONS HEBREWS 10:32-39 Do you have your cell phones with you this morning? I have a text question for you. The phone number and question are on the screen and I will refer to your answers later in the sermon. Here’s the question: ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Prayer Of Agur, Part 1: The Prayer Of Who? Series

    Contributed by James Jackson on Nov 10, 2020
     | 7,744 views

    This short prayer from Proverbs 30 is a key to living a life of balance and contentment.

    INTRO/WELCOME Good morning! I am so excited to begin a new series this week. Between now and Thanksgiving, we are going to look at a prayer in the book of Proverbs. It just so happens to be the only prayer in the book of Proverbs. And it comes from a guy that shows up in this one chapter and then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ricky Tuttle Thd avatar

    God’s Provision

    Contributed by Ricky Tuttle Thd on Oct 14, 2022
     | 1,629 views

    What is that thing in your life that keeps stealing your joy?

    God’s Provision Philippians 4:10-11 This next part of Philippians goes from verse 10 - 19 but we will be looking and just two of those verses this morning. The subject is contentment. Content = sufficient for one’s self, independent of external circumstances, satisfied with one’s lot, with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Satisfies Our Souls

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 3, 2023
     | 1,383 views

    We confess our dissatisfaction. Our loving, heavenly Father provides satisfaction.

    GOD SATISFIES OUR SOULS (Outline) MARCH 26, 2023 – Lent 5 – NUMBERS 21:4-9 INTRO.: Are you satisfied with your life? Content with how the Lord has taken care of you? Our sinful nature likes to grumble and complain. We think everything is not quite the way we want it to be. All too often we ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The "be" Attitudes 04

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Apr 8, 2023
     | 1,084 views

    This message continues the series by looking at "blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth."

    THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT 04 THE BEATITUDES INTRODUCTION: I HOPE YOU HAVE BEGUNTO NOTICE FROM THE GIRST TWO BEATITUDES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT TOGETHER, IS THAT LIVING OUT THE SECOND ONE WAS A LITTLE HARDER THAN LIVING OUT THE FIRST ONE. AS WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN, THE BEATITUDES CAN BE SAID TO BE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Treasure’s Trap Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 18, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,137 views

    Stop pursuing wealth, because: such a pursuit has made us (the American Church) sick; it never satisfies; and it is a snare into sin and self-destructive behavior.

    Several years ago, Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity addressed the National Press Club on public radio, on which he recalled a workshop he conducted at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with 200 pastors in attendance. The assembled pastors quickly pointed toward greed and selfishness as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Contrasting Bad Attitudes And The Be-Attitudes

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 57 ratings
     | 5,763 views

    contrasts between bad attitudes and the beatitudes of our Lord Jesus Christ

    Examples of Bad Attitude 1. Bad Attitudes Self-righteous attitudes that say I am right and others are flat out wrong. 2. Taking credit for every good thing that happens 3. Prideful thinking Refusal to forgive others 4. Indifference to those who have experience adversity, tragedy or loss 5. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    An Attitude Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 27, 2000
    based on 521 ratings
     | 69,830 views

    Learning to be grateful and letting create joy, contentment and the desire to share.

    There was an article in the local paper where I used to live about a couple who had been living on welfare and food stamps from 1983 to 1991. They had drawn a great deal of money from the welfare system, before it was discovered through a welfare fraud investigator, that the couple had stocks, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jeremy Poling avatar

    The Deception Of Greener Pastures

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jun 4, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,327 views

    The grass looks greener on the other side.

    Thank you Rev. M. Edge The Deception of Greener Pastures Gen 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal